Grad student project

Enrichment

Academic Integrity: In order to maintain a culture of
academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloo community are
expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility.
[Check https://uwaterloo.ca/academic-integrity/ for more information.]

Grievance: A student who believes that a decision affecting
some aspect of his/her university life has been unfair or unreasonable may
have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read
Policy 70, Student Petitions and Grievances, Section 4.
When in doubt please be certain to contact the department's administrative
assistant who will provide further assistance.

Discipline: A student is expected to know what constitutes academic
integrity [check https://uwaterloo.ca/academic-integrity/]
to avoid committing an academic offence, and to take responsibility for
his/her actions. A student who is unsure whether an action constitutes an
offence, or who needs help in learning how to avoid offences (e.g.,
plagiarism, cheating) or about 'rules' for group work/collaboration should
seek guidance from the course instructor, academic advisor, or the
undergraduate Associate Dean. For information on categories of offences
and types of penalties, students should refer to
Policy 71, Student Discipline.
For typical penalties check
Guidelines for the Assessment of Penalties.

Appeals: A decision made or penalty imposed under Policy 70
(Student Petitions and Grievances) (other than a petition) or Policy 71
(Student Discipline) may be appealed if there is a ground. A student who
believes he/she has a ground for an appeal should refer to
Policy 72, Student Appeals.

MOSS (Measure of Software Similarities) is used in this course as a means of comparing students' assignments to ensure academic integrity. We will report suspicious activity, and penalties for plagiarism/cheating are severe. Please read the available information about academic integrity very carefully.

Note for Students with Disabilities: AccessAbility Services,
located in Needles Hall, Room 1401, collaborates with
all academic departments to arrange appropriate accommodations for
students with disabilities without compromising the academic integrity of
the curriculum. If you require academic accommodations to lessen the
impact of your disability, please register with AccessAbility Services at
the beginning of each academic term.

Intellectual Property: Students should be aware that this course
contains the intellectual property of their instructor, TA, and/or the
University of Waterloo. Intellectual property includes items such as:

Lecture content, spoken and written (and any audio/video recording thereof);

Lecture handouts, presentations, and other materials prepared for the course (e.g., PowerPoint slides);

Questions or solution sets from various types of assessments (e.g., assignments, quizzes, tests, final exams); and

Work protected by copyright (e.g., any work authored by the instructor or TA or used by the instructor or
TA with permission of the copyright owner).

Course materials and the intellectual property contained therein, are
used to enhance a student's educational experience. However, sharing
this intellectual property without the intellectual property owner's
permission is a violation of intellectual property rights. For this reason,
it is necessary to ask the instructor, TA and/or the University of Waterloo
for permission before uploading and sharing the intellectual property of
others online (e.g., to an online repository).

Permission from an instructor, TA or the University is also necessary before
sharing the intellectual property of others from completed courses with students
taking the same/similar courses in subsequent terms/years. In many cases, instructors
might be happy to allow distribution of certain materials. However, doing so without
expressed permission is considered a violation of intellectual property rights.

Please alert the instructor if you become aware of intellectual property belonging to
others (past or present) circulating, either through the student body or online. The
intellectual property rights owner deserves to know (and may have already given their consent).